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Stephanie Palmeri

Partner at NextView Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Stephanie Palmeri is a Partner at NextView Ventures, with a notable career as an investor in various successful startups including Wonderschool (Series B) and Panorama Education (Series C). She has also held key roles at All Raise and Columbia Business School, contributing significantly to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Palmeri's extensive experience in venture capital and her involvement in high-growth companies like Datapeople and Hallow showcase her expertise in identifying and supporting innovative startups, making her a valuable partner at NextView Ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2022 - Current

    Partner at NextView Ventures. Investing in seed-stage consumer and B2B companies across North America with a focus on the ‘Everyday Economy’. I’m excited to partner early with tenacious founders who share a North Star of building exceptional end-user experiences for individuals, families, companies, and communities.

  • Founding Member

    2017

    On a mission to accelerate the success of female founders and funders.

All Raise is a nonprofit on a mission to accelerate the success of female founders and funders to build a more prosperous equitable future.

Raised $15,000,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank, Sequoia Capital, Pivotal Ventures, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Reid Hoffman Foundation, Silicon Valley Bank and Pivotal Ventures.

  • Board Member, Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund

    2017

  • Board Member, Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center Advisory Board at Columbia Business School

    2015

    The mission of the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center is to instill entrepreneurial thinking in all Columbia Business School students and to create a community of business practitioners with a lifelong commitment to achieving social and economic progress through entrepreneurship. The Lang Fund Board makes investment decisions for the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund, which makes early-stage investments in a small number of qualifying Columbia Business School student businesses each year.

  • Board Member, Angel Investor

    2019

    The #1 Catholic prayer and meditation app. Hallow is hiring: https://jobs.lever.co/hallow

Hallow is a Catholic prayer and meditation app that hopes to help people grow closer to God.

Raised $105,000,000.00 from Alumni Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Uncork Capital, Highland Capital Partners and Colin Moran.

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2022

    TruckLabs is a trucking technology company with a mission to transform the industry by combining a first-hand understanding of trucking with technology. With more than one hundred million miles driven, we are hardware engineers, software developers and data scientists who are serious about trucking. Job opportunities here: https://www.trucklabs.com/employment/

TruckLabs is a trucking technology company that improves the efficiency and sustainability of today's and tomorrow's fleets.

Raised $29,000,000.00 from Blue Bear Capital, Team Builder Ventures and Calibrate Ventures.

  • Angel Investor, Board Member, Founder Coach & Advisor

    2021 - 2022

    Angel investing (preseed through growth rounds), advising, and coaching founders working to positively change how we live, work, learn, play, and care for each other and our planet through technology. Backing high growth Consumer, Web3, Marketplace, Enterprise & SMB SaaS, Health, FinTech, and EdTech companies.

  • Board Observer

    2013 - 2021

    ClassDojo is one of the world's fastest growing education technology companies: currently used by teachers in 1 in 3 schools in the US, and growing fast in another 150 countries. ClassDojo's feedback platform is used by 50 million+ teachers, parents & students to help students develop the character skills and behaviors they need for success in life - things like grit, leadership, creativity and curiosity. They're scaling from tens of millions to 100 million+ users - and they're hiring (careers@classdojo.com).

ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use to build close-knit communities.

Raised $191,100,000.00 from Five Sigma.

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2021

    Sunnyside makes tracking alcohol health as approachable as tracking diet and exercise. We believe healthy drinking should be a part of everyone's overall health and wellness routine. Sunnyside is hiring: https://cutbackcoach.com/about#about-jobs

Sunnyside provides healthier drinking habits and avoid the negative effects of alcohol

Raised $14,600,000.00 from Motley Fool Ventures, Uncork Capital, Eudemian Ventures, Offline Ventures, Adjacent, Scribble Ventures, Cooley, Will Ventures, Wisdom Ventures and Mike Lee.

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2021

    Wrapbook’s digital financial services solution for the project economy, starting with the entertainment industry, is the easiest way for employers to onboard, pay, and insure their project workforces. Wrapbook is hiring: https://www.wrapbook.com/careers

Wrapbook is a digital production payroll and cost-tracking platform that provides tools for automated timecards and compliance tracking.

Raised $150,600,000.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2021

    Flux’s internal mobility platform aligns employees looking to grow their career to the most impactful work inside their company. Employees are empowered to take on roles they may not normally have an understanding of or opportunity to raise their hand for and contribute to the company in new ways so both benefit. From discovery to making resourcing decisions, Flux mitigates bias and offers tangible ways to ensure fair consideration as well as expand and diversify candidate pools. Learn more at https://www.fluxwork.co/

Flux's internal mobility platform connects employees looking to grow their careers with the most impactful work at the company.

Raised $3,000,000.00 from Ellen Levy, Uncork Capital, Amplify Partners, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Sriram Krishnan.

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